Both Uses of
proverb
in
The Merry Wives of Windsor
- No; he gives me the proverbs and the no-verbs.†
Scene 3.1 *
- Though what I am I cannot avoid, yet to be what I would not, shall not make me tame; if I have horns to make one mad, let the proverb go with me; I'll be horn-mad.†
Scene 3.5
Definition:
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(proverb) a short saying -- typically well-known and accepted by many as offering good advice